Spider-Man PS4: 32 Secrets, References And Easter Eggs You Must Find
17. Mysterio's Helmet... And Pseudonym
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Although many expected Insomniac to capitalise on the hype for Spider-Man: Far From Home and include Mysterio in their game, the master of illusion is nowhere to be seen (apart from a fantastic Halloween sequence). True Believers should fret not however, as the wall-crawler has indeed faced off with the villain once before, as is evidenced by the fragmented helmet collected in one of the game's many backpacks.
But that's not the only Easter egg to feature the character though. No - there's actually a sneakier one out there too.
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Included within another backpack, Dr. Ludwig Rinehart's Work/Life Balance For Idiots looks like just another unassuming self-help book. However, the author's name is actually one of the many pseudonyms used by Quentin Beck during his time as Mysterio. Sneaky indeed.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
